Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ook@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is bigger than “just” Revanced though. It is about using any open source software that could replace a Google app and losen Google’s grip on your data.

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  • pfr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s time to start self hosting your own services people!

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    • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, but that doesn’t help if you can’t make apps that support the hosted services. Google is trying to have complete ownership of what runs on your phone.

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      • chisel@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I hate this move and love my sideloaded apps. However, there are plenty of self hosted apps on the play store. It’s just putting in a unique address at setup, not compiling a whole unique app for each server.

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      • pfr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Gotta buy a different phone then

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    • Sneptaur@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I been doin it for years already!! It’s easy to just set up a 4-bay NAS with docker containers running apps that replace your existing cloud services

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      • pfr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Same. Jellyfin for media (symphonium app for music), immich for photos, nextcloud for pretty much everything else…

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• asparagapple@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is about preparing for DMA and the likes in other countries.

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  • HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t see how the DMA would cause this other than Google preemptively setting themselves up for malicious compliance. The whole point of the DMA seems to be to give users choice not take it away.

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    • Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      DMA is only partly for choice.

      commission.europa.eu/…/digital-services-act_en

      This is also huge part of it about being able to “prevent illegal” content.

      “easier reporting of illegal content” “less exposure to illegal content” “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”

      This will help give paper trails for everything, and that allows for easy reporting which is the bigger part of the DMA.

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    • Mavytan@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think you’re on point with the malicious compliance. Google doesn’t want to give up power and control. Requiring all installations to run through them seems to be their workaround.

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